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God Is Not One

The Eight Rival Religions That Run the World--and Why Their Differences Matter

by Stephen Prothero
Paul Boehmer
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In God is Not One: The Eight Rival Religions That Run the World, New York Times bestselling author of Religious Literacy and religion scholar Stephen Prothero argues that persistent attempts to portray all religions as different paths to the same God overlook the distinct problem that each tradition seeks to solve. Delving into the different problems and solutions that Islam, Christianity, Buddhism, Judaism, Confucianism, Yoruba Religion, Daoism and Atheism strive to combat, God is Not One is an indispensable guide to the questions human beings have asked for millennia—and to the disparate paths we are taking to answer them today. Readers of Huston Smith and Karen Armstrong will find much to ponder in God is Not One.

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    April 20, 2010

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      • ISBN: 9780061988677
      • File size: 421582 KB
      • Duration: 14:38:17

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    • English

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      April 15, 2010
      Prothero vehemently disagrees with the politically correct notion that all religions are equal. This is a lovely sentiment, but it is dangerous, disrespectful, and untrue. The idea of religious unity, he maintains, is nothing but wishful thinking. Hence, this book is meant to beand most definitely isa bracing dose of realism. Religion is not just a private matter, he continues. Rather, it affects the world from social, economic, political, and military perspectives. Religion has two faces as a force of both good and evil. He discusses what he considers the great religions of the Middle East (Judaism, Christianity, and Islam), India (Hinduism and Buddhism), and East Asia (Confucianism and Daoism)great in this context being contingent on number of adherents and historical significance. As the eighth religion of the subtitle, Prothero includeswhich may surprise somethe Yoruba religion of West Africa and its vast diaspora. There is also a brief chapter on atheism. Provocative, thoughtful, fiercely intelligent and, for both believing and nonbelieving, formal and informal students of religion, a must-read.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2010, American Library Association.)

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